Dyson Mazda MZR-R Takes Second in ALMS points
at Petit Le Mans
2011 American Le Mans Series Round 9
Petit Le Mans, GA, October 1, 2011

Dyson Racing caps off its championship-winning season with second in ALMS points at the 14th annual Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda.

Chris Dyson took the #16 G-OIL ModSpace/Construct Corps Lola Mazda from fifty-first to seventh place in his first stint. Guy Smith moved the Dunlop-shod car to fifth place before falling back to twenty-fourth after replacing a brake line cut by debris. He then did his own field carving, and handed the car over to Jay Cochran in ninth place overall, and first in ALMS points. Dyson got back in with a little over an hour left, but had to retire twenty minutes from the end after car contact damaged the oil cooler. Despite this, the #16 Dyson entry had enough laps under its Dunlop tires to be the second ALMS car to cross the finish line. Smith said, "It was one of the best long distance cars we have had. The performance of the car was fantastic: the Mazda engine, the Dunlop tires and Lola chassis were perfect today."
The #20 Oryx Dyson Racing entry of Humaid Al Masaood and Steven Kane had its race day end early when Petit addition Butch Leitzinger had a turn one crash an hour and fifteen minutes into the nine and a half-hour race. "We joined the ALMS series at Lime Rock with a strong start and would have liked to finish the season the same way, but it was not meant to be today," said Al Masaaod. "But overall the season has been really great. The win in Baltimore was awesome. The car ran great all year and all the guys at Oryx Racing and Dyson Racing put together a car that worked well at every track we raced at."

In addition to Chris Dyson and Guy Smith winning the 2011 ALMS Drivers Championship, Dyson Racing winning the Team Championship, Mazda the Manufacturers Championship and Dunlop the tire title, Dyson Racing won the Michelin Green X Challenge for the 2011 season.

4.10.2011
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